142 
Peripatus, occurrence in Australia, 
78; occurrence in Queensland, 
81; desciiption and habits of, 
79; position in animal kingdom 
of, 80; Leuckarti, Senger, 82; 
Leuckarti and P. Nove-zea- 
landiz, 82; description of Qd. 
species of, 84 
Phoma purpurea, 89 
Phosphates in Queensland, 71 
Pimelea ligustrina, 91 
Piper Nove-hollandiz. 90 
Pittosporum undulatum, go 
Pleuro-pneumonia in cattle 20; do., 
loss through, 23 ; symptoms of, 
24; latent form of, 25 
Poa cespitosa, var. latifolia, g1 
Polyarthra platyptera, 29 
Prase, 63 
Prehnite, 68 
Presidential Address, 94 
Pritchard, on low yield Victorian 
crushings, 128 
Psilomelane, 62 
Pterodina patina, 30 
Pyrenomycetes, Australian, 5 
Pyrites, arsenical, 53; do. copper, 
hls do ron.) 51) dom hinyes 0. 
do. white, 52 
Pyromorphite, 71 
Pyrrhotite, 50 
Puccinia graminis, on Leersia, 89 
Pyrolusite, 60 
Quartz, 63 
Rands, W. H., on gold at Chowey 
Creek, 39 
Ravenswood, gold of, 35; discovery 
of gold at, 117 
Redruthite, 50 
Reef gold, advantage of, 126 
Report, Council, 1886-7, 85; F. N. 
Section, 87 
Rhizogyphus, a banana mite, 107; 
habits of, 108 
Rhythiosterium Scortechinii, 5 
Riverview, plants of, 89 
Rock salt, 55 
Rocks (trap). relation to vein-stones, 
38 
Rosewood, plants of, 89 
Rotifers, Brisbane, 28 
Rutile, 60 
INDEX. 
Salpina, sp., 30 
Salt, 55 
Sandgate, plants of, 89 
Saponin in Acacia. to 
Sarcochilus montanus, g1 
Scaridium longicaudum, 29 
Scolecite, A. W. Clarke on, 109, 112 
_ E. B. Lindon on, 111 
Scortechini, orbituary notice, 2; 
on Australia Pyrenomycetes, 5; 
death of, 8; on new species of 
Loranthus, 8; on ferns of Malay 
Archipelago, 8; on ferns of 
Perak, 6; visit to Calcutta of, 8 
Scortechinia, n.g., 5 
Serpentine, 69 
Shirley, J., plants of Peechey’s scrub, 
135 
Siderite, 74 
Silicates, anhydrous, of Queensland, 
65; hydrous do., 68 
Silicon, oxides of, 63 
Silver, chloride, 55; horn silver, 55 
Smithsonite, 75 
Solanum aviculare, nicotine in, 9 
Sphalerite, 48 
Stannite, 52 
Stanthorpe, gold in district of, 40; 
noteworthy plants of, 3 
Star River, discovery of gole at, 117 
Stenocarpus salignus, go 
Sterculia acerifolia, 90 
Stibnite, 45 
Stilbite, 69 
Stream tin, 60 
Stutchbury, discovery of gold in, 
Port Curtis, 116 
Sulphur in Queensland, 44 
Talc, 69 
Tarretia actinophylla, 90 
Tellurium, 44 
Termites, bone-eating, 121 
Tetrahedrite, 54 
Thomsonite, 68 
Three-mile scrub. plants of, go 
Thorpe, J., weather chart, 19 
Thorpe, V. G., on Brisbane rotifers, 
29 
Tin oxide, 58; do. pyrites, 51; do. 
stream, 60 
Titaniferous iron ore, 58 
Titanium oxide, 60 
